Aryaka, which offers fully managed SD-WAN and Unified SASE solutions, appointed Shailesh Shukla as CEO and chairman, effective immediately. Mr. Shukla had earlier joined Aryaka as an independent board member and has served as Aryaka’s Executive Chairman of the Board since September 2023.
Shukla joins Aryaka after helping build the multi-billion-dollar Networking and Security business at Google Cloud as the Vice President and General Manager. His prior roles include Chief Operating Officer at Instart and VP/GM of several routing and software businesses at Cisco.
“Working closely with Aryaka and its customers over the last five months, I’ve been extremely impressed with the capability and innovations from the team, as well as the recent customer wins such as Cathay Pacific’s global SASE deployment,” said Shukla. “It’s an honor for me to lead Aryaka, with its incredible group of people and technical assets, and propel the company to its next phase of growth. Aryaka has already reached the $100M ARR milestone that 98% of venture-backed companies never do. Now that the markets for networking and security are converging, we have an opportunity for Aryaka to become the next billion-dollar security industry player.”
